LifeHouse Leadership
Our Pastors
Jorge & Kristia
Lead Pastors
Pastor Jorge graduated from Christ for the Nations in 1999 and was ordained in 2002. His parents founded Centro Cristiano Shiloh (now LifeHouse Church) in 1988 under the covering of Shiloh Christian Ministries.
Pastors Jorge and Kristia were married in 2003 and have three children. Kristia attended Texas Bible Institute in 2001 and became ordained in 2004. In 2005, Jorge battled Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and experienced God’s grace tremendously. In 2009, after the passing of Jorge’s father, they became Lead Pastors of LifeHouse Church. Their passion is to disciple and train leaders to spread the Word of God.
Pastoral Team
Luis & Maria
Associate Pastors
Luis and Maria Elena have been serving the Lord in LifeHouse Church since the start of this ministry, founded by Luis’ parents, Ruth and Luis Villalvazo Sr. Luis and Maria Elena met in a youth meeting and after being best friends for many years they married in 2004. Three years later the Lord gave them a son whom they could mold into the image of Christ..
Luis and Maria Elena learned early on that you do not choose to serve the Lord, but rather He chooses whom will He use. They have served in LifeHouse Church as Youth Pastors at first, but now are Associate Pastors. Together and as a family, they desire to serve the Lord Jesus Christ with all their might.
Joshua & Graciela
Associate Pastors & Admin/Finance
Joshua and Gracie met and married in 1997 and have three children. In 2007, Joshua earned a Theology and Christian Ministries degree from Wayland Baptist University. They have been serving at LifeHouse Church since 2003.
Damien & Jeannine
p91 Youth Pastors & Children's Pastor
JDamien and Jeannine met in California and in 2004 got married in Wicklow, Ireland. Together they have four children.Their first home was at a Christian adventure center where they lived and worked for nearly 10 years. There they led adventure weekends, maintained the grounds and really got a passion for kids and youth work.
In 2012, they moved across the border to Northern Ireland, to the small town of Rostrevor in county Down. There they worked for five years with an organization called YWAM. Their main passion is training missionaries in the area of peace and reconciliation.
More recently they have made the long move from their Wee island to the mighty state of Arizona, USA. Here they will be working as youth pastors, assisting the workings of the church and many more things.
Jose & Jessica
Licensed Pastors
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Jose and Jessica left the island in 1998 when Jose joined the Army. In 2006, after being in the army for 7 years, and traveling to different parts of the world they arrived in Georgia where they had an encounter with Jesus which changed their lives. From that moment they began to serve Jesus proclaiming Him wherever they went.
In 2013, after serving in four combat zones, the Lord brought them to Sierra Vista AZ where they connected and began to serve at Centro Cristiano Shiloh (LifeHouse Church), where they began to serve. In 2015 they both became LifeGroup leaders and in 2017 Jose and Jessica became ordained as Ministers of the Gospel. Jose and Jessica have been married for 23 years and God has blessed them with three sons; Jose , Hector and Alexander.
Marcelo & Lulu
Ministerial Pastors
Marcelo and Lulu Ortiz have been married for twenty-five years. After having an intimate encounter with God in 2003 that saved their marriage, they decided to invest their lives in the kingdom of God. They graduated from the LifeHouse (Centro Cristiano Shiloh) discipleship school in 2005 and became LifeGroup leaders.
Marcelo and Lulu are passionate about seeing souls transformed through the power of God. They currently reside in Douglas, Arizona, and are the parents of two extraordinary and beautiful daughters. Marcelo and Lulu love spending quality time with their family, having deep conversations, book studies, and game nights.
"We truly believe that Church is Family and Family is Church. It is our hope that you will feel at home at LifeHouse Church. We hope to be a place where you can come and experience God’s presence and be impacted by the great love that He has for you."
- Pastors Jorge & Kristia